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A Statement from the World YWCA & the YWCA of Palestine

United Nations International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
November 29, 2017
Today, November 29th, the World YWCA and its member association, the YWCA of Palestine, call on individuals globally to observe the annual International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people. This is also the day when in 1947, UN General Assembly Resolution 181 recommended partitioning Palestine into two states: one for the Jewish people and another for the Palestinian people.
I am honoured...

A statement from the World YWCA and the YWCA of Palestine on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

Today, November 29th, the World Young Women’s Christian Association (World YWCA) and its member association, the YWCA of Palestine, join people around the word in observing the annual International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people. This is also the day we commemorate the UN General Assembly Resolution 181 which in 1947 recommended dividing Palestine into two states; one for the Jewish people and one for the Arab Palestinians.
Although Resolution 181 demands that Palestinians...

UN Solidarity Day for the Palestinian People on 29 November 2011

The YWCA of Palestine Keeps Hope Alive

When asked to write about the situation in Palestine, the words of Naja Said, writer, playwright and daughter of the late professor and renowned intellectual Edward Said, come to mind: “Words can be very powerful, and the word PALESTINE makes one want to cry.” After one year of her play ‘Palestine,’ this revelation still rings true as “Palestine” has ceased from being a concrete geographical place or a historical location, and Palestine has turned instead, to...

Trainings for Community Members on Women’s Rights and UNSCR1325

The YWCA of Palestine conducted two trainings on promoting women/gender rights and the UNSCR 1325 for community members in November 2011. The first training, on 22 November, was at the YWCA of Ramallah, in which 30 participants (25% of whom are young women) attended. The second training, on 24 November, was at the YWCA of Jericho and had attendance of more than 47 women, almost half of whom were young women. The women attending the trainings were from different areas from and around...

Power to Change - Young Women Trainings

The YWCA of Palestine, following its participation at the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in Feb-March 2011, conducted three trainings for young women in June 2011. The trainings focused on:
1. Young Women Training on UN SCR 1325: 27 young women attended the informative training. It has motivated the participants to find out more about women’s rights and to see how what they have learned can be carried out in their daily lives. The training has been relevant and critical,...

International Day in Solidarity with the Palestinian People

World YWCA
We, the General Arab Women Federation, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) and the World YWCA as organisations that have a long history of working on issues of peace with justice, have witnessed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since 1948 and journeyed in solidarity with the women and girls in this region. We stand in search for lasting and durable peace with justice for all people of the world, and especially in this region on this special day, the...

The YWCA of Palestine Keeps Hope Alive

When asked to write about the situation in Palestine, the words of Naja Said, writer, playwright and daughter of the late professor and renowned intellectual Edward Said, come to mind: “Words can be very powerful, and the word PALESTINE makes one want to cry.” After one year of her play ‘Palestine,’ this revelation still rings true as “Palestine” has ceased from being a concrete geographical place or a historical location, and Palestine has turned instead, to...

International Conference: Women’s Freedom, Peace and Dignity in Palestine UNSCR 1325 for Accountability

“Women’s Freedom, Peace and Dignity in Palestine
UNSCR 1325 for Accountability”
An International Conference, Convened by the YWCA of Palestine
26 September to 1 October 2014
STATE OF PALESTINE
The YWCA of Palestine, with the support of the World YWCA and in coordination with the Ministry of Women’s Affairs- State of Palestine/ UNSCR 1325 National Forum, the General Union for Palestinian Women/ UNSCR 1325 Coalition, the Violence Against Women Forum (AL...